Ahmad Abughaush

Ahmad Abughaush
Abughaush at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 28)
Amman, Amman
EducationAl-Ahliyya Amman University[1]
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Coached by
  • Laith Othman (personal)
  • Chang Wen-Ping (national)[1]
Medal record
Representing  Jordan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 68 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Manchester -74 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Muju 68 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2017 London 68 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Moscow 68 kg
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta 68 kg
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei 68 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Sharm El-Sheikh 63 kg
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Ho Chi Minh City 63 kg

Ahmad Abughaush (Arabic: أحمد أبو غوش; born 1 February 1996) is a Jordanian[3] taekwondo athlete.[2] He won the gold medal in the 68 kg category at the 2016 Olympics. This was Jordan's first Olympic medal in any sport, excluding a bronze in 1988 when taekwondo was a demonstration sport.[4]

  1. ^ a b Ahmad Abughaush Archived 2016-09-02 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
  2. ^ a b "Ahmad Abughaush". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  3. ^ والمعلومات, قسم الأرشيف (2018-11-12). أرشيف نشرة فلسطين اليوم: آب/ أغسطس 2016: Palestine Today Newspaper Archive_8-2016 (in Arabic). مركز الزيتونة للدراسات والاستشارات. Archived from the original on 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  4. ^ "Abu Ghaush scores gold in Jordan's first Olympic gold medal win". Jordan Times. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

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